Attention is first drawn to the state of knowledge in 1981 of the
Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha ('ohi'a) stand dieback. New findings that
have largely been developed or published since then are described; these ...

Approximately 50,000 ha of native '6hi'a (Metrosideros polymorpha
Gaud.) forest on the island of Hawai'i experienced a drastic reduction
(dieback) of the tree canopy between 1954 and 1977. Concern for the management
of ...

The current status of ohia (Metrosideros collina subsp. polymorpha) forest dieback research in Hawaii is reviewed, and a proposal is made for a relatively small integrated complementary program. This is suggested to consist ...

This final report summarizes the more important results of a two year study of the ohia (Metrosideros collina subsp. polymorpha) rain forest, extending from within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park north across the east flank ...

Morphological features in the red algal family Ceramiaceae are described
for four taxa from California. One of them, Bornetia californica, is described
as new to science and is distinguished from other known species by ...

Two species of Kallymenia from the Hawaiian Islands, one rare, K.
sessilis Okamura, and the other described here for the first time, K. thompsonii, n.
sp., are examined, compared, and contrasted with other similar ...

A review of botanical specimens and ethnographic literature
indicates that a small calabash used as a vessel for scented coconut oil in
Polynesia before European contact belongs to Benin casa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.,
the ...

Peleophycus multiprocarpium is described as a genus and species
new to the red algal family Gloiosiphoniaceae (Cryptonemiales), in which a given
supporting cell may bear one or more carpogonial branches and one to ...

The National Park of American Samoa comprises units on three islands, Tutuila, Ta'u, and Ofu. The basis for this project began in December of 1990 with field work for a botanical inventory of the vegetation and flora of ...

The importation of alien insects and pathogens to control invasive alien weeds raises justifiable concern among land managers and conservationists. For the Hawaiian archipelago the dangers are particularly acute. Hawai'i ...

This proposal is written in response to Haleakala National Park Project Number HALE-N-6 (Kipahulu Pig Study). As outlined in their Project Statement the research is to provide information in the following areas: 1. Population ...

This resource management report is a prescription for the ecosystem restoration program of the coastal lowland of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park between Apua Point and Halape. The prescription emphasizes a vegetation ...

Aggressive botanical exploration of Kaua'i has yielded nearly
200 collections and two new species of Dubautia since the last monograph of
the genus was published about a dozen years ago. This paper presents an updated
key ...

Two unusual greenswords occurring on Pu'u 'Alaea in 1989 reportedly
possessed vegetative features characteristic of the presumed extirpated
species Argyroxiphium virescens Hillebr. One of these Pu'u 'Alaea plants
flowered ...

An expedition through Kipahulu Valley was organized to evaluate the frequenly implied negative environmental impact of the 1967 Kipahulu Valley Expedition. On the 1976 expedition four people trekked down through the valley ...